Not sure about that one chief. You can get up to 64 4-lock bombs on the F-22 with the bomb capacity mod, that's significantly more ordnance than the F-35 unless you're getting super creative lining up SODs.
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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown |OT| Game of Drones
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Not sure about that one chief. You can get up to 64 4-lock bombs on the F-22 with the bomb capacity mod, that's significantly more ordnance than the F-35 unless you're getting super creative lining up SODs.
Alright, I have given pretty much all of the main modes their due (with the exception of VR as I don't have a headeset) and I think I'm ready to deliver my final thoughts.
Heavy spoilers for all parts of the game
Heavy spoilers for all parts of the game
I enjoyed the story well enough, but I felt like some aspects of it could have been expanded upon. For example, I kinda wish you spent more time with the penal unit and I wished they developed the characters in there more, before they were killed off.
As for your main wingman, Count, I actually really like him in the later missions when his more snarky/sardonic personality starts to shine through.
I also feel like the enemy ace was poorly fleshed out. I mean he sounds cool and says cool things, but I don't know anything about him at the end of the day other than he is a good fighter pilot and has two daughters. One of which happens to be Homura for some reason. I wonder if she was the one rewinding time every time my pilot bit the dust 🤔. Anyways, I feel if they just spent a little more time fleshing him out and explaining his motivations a little more thoroughly he could have been one of the top enemy aces in the series for sure.
There also should have been more enemy aces, but maybe I was spoiled by AC 0.
In addition, I agree with whoever in this thread argued that it needed a "Gimmick" mission. Maybe you have to fly a passenger jet or maybe you could go into space like AC 3.
Multiplayer feels oddly bare-bones, Its missing so many modes from previous games. It doesn't even have coop missions, which I would argue are some of the most fun missions to play in Ace Combat multiplayer. Its also not very well balanced at higher tiers.
As far as things I like; I like the weather system, I like how varied the missions are, and I like the feeling of flight in this game.
I also love the music in this game. Somehow Keiki Kobayashi manages to deliver another stellar soundtrack that manages to have its own identity, while also being able to pay homage to previous games.
I like the challenge present in the game, though maybe it was too much given how much players seem to be struggling (I played on normal for reference). Hell even I struggled for about an hour on missions 6, 11, 19, 20.
At normal, the campaign is about 10 hours which is pretty solid for a single player game. And as I've stated this previously in this thread, I did really like the Arsenal Bird fight (despite my struggles with it) as well as the music that plays during it.
VR sounds cool from what I hear, but I cant play it so I don't know how it is myself.
Overall I did enjoy my time with it, but I hope it gets post launch support to fill out the game a bit more. Maybe have Infinity style updates for the multiplayer to flesh it out a bit.
As for your main wingman, Count, I actually really like him in the later missions when his more snarky/sardonic personality starts to shine through.
I also feel like the enemy ace was poorly fleshed out. I mean he sounds cool and says cool things, but I don't know anything about him at the end of the day other than he is a good fighter pilot and has two daughters. One of which happens to be Homura for some reason. I wonder if she was the one rewinding time every time my pilot bit the dust 🤔. Anyways, I feel if they just spent a little more time fleshing him out and explaining his motivations a little more thoroughly he could have been one of the top enemy aces in the series for sure.
There also should have been more enemy aces, but maybe I was spoiled by AC 0.
In addition, I agree with whoever in this thread argued that it needed a "Gimmick" mission. Maybe you have to fly a passenger jet or maybe you could go into space like AC 3.
Multiplayer feels oddly bare-bones, Its missing so many modes from previous games. It doesn't even have coop missions, which I would argue are some of the most fun missions to play in Ace Combat multiplayer. Its also not very well balanced at higher tiers.
As far as things I like; I like the weather system, I like how varied the missions are, and I like the feeling of flight in this game.
I also love the music in this game. Somehow Keiki Kobayashi manages to deliver another stellar soundtrack that manages to have its own identity, while also being able to pay homage to previous games.
I like the challenge present in the game, though maybe it was too much given how much players seem to be struggling (I played on normal for reference). Hell even I struggled for about an hour on missions 6, 11, 19, 20.
At normal, the campaign is about 10 hours which is pretty solid for a single player game. And as I've stated this previously in this thread, I did really like the Arsenal Bird fight (despite my struggles with it) as well as the music that plays during it.
VR sounds cool from what I hear, but I cant play it so I don't know how it is myself.
Overall I did enjoy my time with it, but I hope it gets post launch support to fill out the game a bit more. Maybe have Infinity style updates for the multiplayer to flesh it out a bit.
Thanks! Much appreciated. I'm considering buying one just exclusively for PC, so I guess I will have to take a look at some of the other options that are available as well.
edit: The Logitech X52 looks like a good choice as well, might go with that.
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I will eventually do a machine gun only run for the medal. Was wondering what the best plane would be for this objective. I guess the best fighter I have, with parts to make the gun more powerful.
Still, it will be rough.
Still, it will be rough.
Is there VR free flight mode? Sorry if this has been asked a million times; I can't play my copy until tomorrow at the earliest.
Thanks! The VR demo blew me away. I hope at least one of the maps has interesting things to fly through.
Finished the campaign yesterday and unlocked the
I enjoyed the campaign a lot, had some poor story telling some times and left me with some questions regarding Trigger mostly but oh well.
Some bullshit moments during the game too like
Once you finish the campaign, you can use skins and emblems in single player. I wonder how to spawn the named pilots, only managed to spawn one and don't know how.
My main complaint is that Allied AI is nonexistent. I feel completely alone in this game. They don't do anything, ever. Just talk.
X-02S. The EML is friggin OP in MP. One hit kill...
I enjoyed the campaign a lot, had some poor story telling some times and left me with some questions regarding Trigger mostly but oh well.
Some bullshit moments during the game too like
The mission where you gotta escort that plane and protect it from a huge load of hidden SAMs.... ughhhhhhh
The first annihilation mission where you gotta get 17K points. Did not manage to beat it until I farmed for the F22 raptor online.
TOO MANY DRONES. Darnit.
Very little bosses or memorable moments maybe?
The first annihilation mission where you gotta get 17K points. Did not manage to beat it until I farmed for the F22 raptor online.
TOO MANY DRONES. Darnit.
Very little bosses or memorable moments maybe?
Once you finish the campaign, you can use skins and emblems in single player. I wonder how to spawn the named pilots, only managed to spawn one and don't know how.
My main complaint is that Allied AI is nonexistent. I feel completely alone in this game. They don't do anything, ever. Just talk.
17K in Mission 6 is really easy if you get the A-10C, or use either F-14D/Mig-29A's AOE anti ground weapons, finish ground attacks as soon as you can and then focus on air.
The game doesn't lack epic moments though. The first time Arsenal Bird shows up, all 3 boss fights with Mister X, fighting Arsenal Bird alongside Stonehenge and the final boss battle.
The game doesn't lack epic moments though. The first time Arsenal Bird shows up, all 3 boss fights with Mister X, fighting Arsenal Bird alongside Stonehenge and the final boss battle.
I had no problems once I got the F-22.
I had no problems in any other mission of the game, in fact. Just a couple retries in some of them due to my errors, but that's it.
And yeah, the epic moments are epic, but IDK. I just wanted more. I loved the game overall. Felt really badass a lot of the time. The last 2 missions were Star Wars worthy lol.
Kind of annoying your wingmen's missiles are made of paper. I've seen my wingmen hit an enemy fighter with half-a-dozen missiles and they STILL can't take it down.
Good point. There are some other upsides to it: Haptic feedback (vibration), a headphone jack, and PS3 compatibility. There's a post on Reddit that also claims the Hori controller works with AC5; the Thrustmaster does not. For PS4, the number of games the Thrustmaster controller supports natively is around 8 or so. If the Hori does indeed support non-Hotas games, that's a big plus. The price and lack of proper PC support for sim games, however, make it a no-go for me.
In case anyone wanted to read them, here are the manuals for the Hori and Thrustmaster controllers. AC7 does not support Thrustmaster's rudder pedals, it seems.
Hori PS4 Flight Stick Instruction Manual
Thrustmaster T.Flight Hotas 4 Instruction Manual
The X52 looks great. Hope it works out for you! I'm leaning towards the Thrustmaster T16000M FCS myself, along with a Titan Two adapter so I can use it for AC7 and some other PSVR games. However, the estimated cost and work it takes for this setup keeps the relatively inexpensive and plug-and-play Hotas 4 in the running.
Just finished mine earlier today. It's pretty rough, especially the dogfights with Mister X and the drones on the final mission. My tips, use the two parts that power up the gun (and seem to give you infinite ammo, though that might just be because I did it on Easy), and the one that makes the machine gun lock on. Remember to check the stat screen at the end of each mission to make sure you get the "Guns only" bonus. Oh, and the mission where you have to use the bunker buster, you're allowed to use it for the bunkers.
i think it's dependent on the mission. some missions i see allies taking out enemies like normal and other missions they seem to be unable to do damage.
That's the flight time so doesn't include cutscenes, played on easy and died a fair few times throughout and had to restart a few levels. When each level has a 20 minute timer unless you're redoing it over and over because you put the difficulty too high it couldn't possibly be a long game.
This game is really good hope it sells. It's fun and looks fantastic. What is the best way to make money? I notice it drops off if you repeat competed missions again.
Been playing AC games since no. 4 and this is more like the best ones from that era tonight. Absolutely exhilarating flying. Haven't even tried VR mode yet. I'm using standard controls just easier to play than pitching and turning.
Do I need to constantly be buying new planes? Is there a good all rounder plane to use most of the time or just keep switching depending on the situation.
Lastly I'm confused with changing targets. Is there a faster way of targeting something I'm looking at rather than pressing triangle to cycle through all the targets until the one in front of you is being targeted? Seems a bit fiddly to do in the middle of a dogfight.
Also what's up with the music? It is amazing? Like mission 3 has three tracks throughout it that play and they are all superb.
When is the soundtrack out?
Been playing AC games since no. 4 and this is more like the best ones from that era tonight. Absolutely exhilarating flying. Haven't even tried VR mode yet. I'm using standard controls just easier to play than pitching and turning.
Do I need to constantly be buying new planes? Is there a good all rounder plane to use most of the time or just keep switching depending on the situation.
Lastly I'm confused with changing targets. Is there a faster way of targeting something I'm looking at rather than pressing triangle to cycle through all the targets until the one in front of you is being targeted? Seems a bit fiddly to do in the middle of a dogfight.
Also what's up with the music? It is amazing? Like mission 3 has three tracks throughout it that play and they are all superb.
When is the soundtrack out?
Multiplayer is where its at for MRP, you get quite a lot for beating the game, maybe enough for one and a half or two complete lines on the tree.
Think the plane choice is mostly up to you. I went for the Russian planes which is fighter heavy (only one multirole and one attacker) but they kinda rip through anything in the air thanks to their high speed. Makes ground target missions a bit of a hassle. relatively that is.
Target changing is more or less whatever is closest/in your field of view+height consideration. It makes it more finnicky than it should be but its kinda how it always is.
Yeah, Ace Combat is known for its music. Multiplayer uses classic tracks too!
Oh yeah... forgot I got AC5 with this, might put the replay for another time lol.
F-22 Raptor is the best all rounder plane I've tried out. Its good for air to air and air to ground, and air to air vs a lot of targets too.
Awesome. Thanks for the tips, really helpful for preparing for this painful experience haha.
Only super maneuverable aircraft can do this. Such as the ones that could theorectinally do it in real life. Though i'm Not sure if there are some that could do it with parts attached.
Early game: F-16C into F-14D or Mig-29 then F-15C or Su-33, you can try grind a bit for F-15E since it's an anti ground monster as well as a dogfight master. Both endgame planes F-22 and Su-57 will last you very very long till you are working on some of the harder objectives on Ace, especially F-22A which has virtually no downside.
There are loads of small touched that I love in this game, even basic things like the menu music, when you go deeper in the menu the music builds a little bit, adds a beat, it's a small thing but I really appreciate stuff like this.
Bandai Namco have really been bringing it with their classic franchises, Tekken 7 and AC7 both nailed it, really hope they do the same for a new Ridge Racer.
Bandai Namco have really been bringing it with their classic franchises, Tekken 7 and AC7 both nailed it, really hope they do the same for a new Ridge Racer.
There is this track that played in the multiplayer which I've never heard in any AC game before. It was really good and had a choir but it wasn't any music from the PS2 games afaik. Is there a tracklist of all the classic tracks that play I. The multiplayer so I can pinpoint what it was?
Just want to share one snippet I captured from the campaign. Not a super elegant skill showcase, and I'm not sure how much of it was the game dropping its plot armor, but... doing a minute and a half of typical chasing the Impossible AI and futilely throwing missiles at it; then deciding to just sit back for a full minute and wait for an opportunity; and successfully finding it first try, all felt extremely cool in the moment.
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I think the MiG-21bis would be a good choice, as it has a machine gun pod as a special weapon.
Any good flightstick recommended? I've heard Hori Ace Combat 7 flightstick is a stinker and is receiving a lot of negative reviews, according to reddit.
Were Project Aces trying to make some kind of relationship between Count and Huxian? Their interactions felt weird and outta nowhere.
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Do you think the VR missions were limited due to development constraints, or due to performance issues?
If performance was the main thing holding it back, then I wonder if they could have rigged up the HD version of AC5 as a VR game. If it really is a port, then it should be able to hit 90FPS or whatever it takes to work well. I suppose the PC version could probably run the main AC7 campaign in VR assuming it doesn't require any extra level design work.
If performance was the main thing holding it back, then I wonder if they could have rigged up the HD version of AC5 as a VR game. If it really is a port, then it should be able to hit 90FPS or whatever it takes to work well. I suppose the PC version could probably run the main AC7 campaign in VR assuming it doesn't require any extra level design work.
Probably a bash-brother kind of relationship. But it really came too late to be effective
I guess it's even more Ace Combat when
it puts me on a real short timer after a cutscene and if I don't fire a missile at a specific drone that the game doesn't even point out I get an unexplained failure.
Launched into 5 for the hell of it and GODDAMN THIS GAME IS HYPE AS SHIT,
Lots of baffling decisions with this game.
Which is how it's always been.
Lots of baffling decisions with this game.
Loving the game so far because, well, it's fucking Ace Combat. My only disappointment, and it's minor, is that the multi didn't have an Ace Combat Infinity style mode. I'm more of a PVE person tbh. I hope it gets ported over one day.
Also I'm on chapter 10, how much more game is left?
Also I'm on chapter 10, how much more game is left?
It's highly unlikely they could keep the intensity of the campaign missions and maintain 60+fps on PS4s. And from a business perspective they probably don't want to alienate the other platform players by making the PS4 version that much superior in content either.
End game question:
If anyone knows whats up with that please explain to me. My wife watched me play the whole thing and she is equally baffled.
The hell is going on with the princess? Did she die? I am so god damn confused. Like I finally mangaed to break away from the MP and running missions to finish the game and I get pass mission 19 and see who I assume was the princess get t-boned by a plane.